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fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 weeks ago

"I Wanted the Film to Have the Vignetted Existence of a Fable": Sarmad Sultan Khoosat on his Genre-bending Berlinale Premiere Lali

A cursed bride and groom navigate supernatural horror, family curses, and Pakistan's sociocultural legacies in a gothic folk ballad that blends black comedy with genre innovation.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

The Glassworker review beautiful Ghibli-esque anti-war fable

Going by the poster, it looks like Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of Japan's legendary Studio Ghibli, has come out of retirement again. But this gorgeous hand-drawn film is a Pakistani production, a feature debut from young animator Usman Riaz with some dazzling images up there with the best of Ghibli. (And there is a connection: Ghibli producer Geoffrey Wexler is credited here as a creative consultant.)
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